Worn tyres claim lives

Seven peo­ple have died in ac­ci­dents caused by burst tyres in the last four months in Abu Dhabi. The Traf­fic and Pa­trols Di­rec­torate re­leased the fig­ures yes­ter­day and said 12,152 mo­torists were also fined in the same pe­riod for driv­ing on worn-out tyres. They said, as well as the seven deaths, eight peo­ple were in­jured in the 11 se­ri­ous crashes re­sult­ing from bad tyres. They urged mo­torists to reg­u­larly check their tyres.